- Communism, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Eugene Yelchin
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 158
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Square Fish, Henry Holt
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250034106
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